York U student out on bail pending appeal of sex assault conviction
Posted September 15, 2016 10:43 am.
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A man convicted of sexually assaulting a fellow York University graduate student last year was released on $25,000 bail on Thursday.
Mustafa Ururyar was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in jail and three years’ probation.
Ururyar is appealing his sentence. He must live in Vancouver as part of his bail conditions.
He was convicted of forcing Mandi Gray, with whom he was having a casual relationship, to perform oral sex and engage in sexual intercourse in the early hours of Jan. 31, 2015. She waived her right to a publication ban on her name.
Ontario Court Judge Marvin Zuker ordered Ururyar to also serve 240 hours of community service and to pay $8,000 to Gray as part of a restitution order. The Crown had asked for the $10,000 that Gray spent on therapy.
Zuker’s guilty ruling directly addressed rape culture and made headlines. Consent means agreeing to what a person does, when they do it and the way in which they do it, Zuker told the court.
With files from Marianne Boucher
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